{"id":8960,"date":"2023-11-13T19:55:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/8960\/broncos-linebacker-baron-browning-draws\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:55:11","slug":"broncos-linebacker-baron-browning-draws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=8960","title":{"rendered":"Broncos linebacker Baron Browning draws Von Miller comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broncos linebacker Baron Browning draws Von Miller comparisons\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Jeff Legwold, ESPN senior writer<span class=\"timestamp \">November 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL on ESPN.  Jeff has covered the Broncos for over 20 years and joined ESPN in 2013. He also helps cover the NFL Draft, including its annual Top 100 Prospects.  Jeff has been a member of the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/pro\/\"   title=\"Pro\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pro<\/a> Football Hall of Fame Selection Board since 1999. He has participated in every combine since 1987.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>ENGLEWOOD, Colo. \u2013 Third-year outside linebacker Baron Browning reminds his Denver Broncos teammates and coaches why he was drafted.<\/p>\n<p>What Browning is capable of and what he can mean for the defense was demonstrated in a flash of a play with just under a minute to play in the first half of the team&#8217;s victory over the Chiefs of Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely an unbelievable play,\u201d Broncos defensive end Zach Allen said.<\/p>\n<p>The 240-pound Browning took a page from Von Miller&#8217;s playbook to passing as he attacked the outside shoulder of Chiefs tackle Donovan Smith \u2014 6-foot-6, 338 pounds \u2014 pushed his left arm into the collarbone Smith&#8217;s right, extended then quickly disengaged.  When Smith wobbled a bit, Browning went to the outside shoulder for a sack and released the ball from quarterback Patrick Mahomes.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of two sacks in his second game in the lineup following offseason knee surgery.  This is what the Broncos need in their pass rush as well as another glimpse of his potential.<\/p>\n<p>Browning&#8217;s next chance to chase down a quarterback comes Monday night in Buffalo (8:20 p.m. ET, ESPN\/ESPN+).  It will also be the first time that Miller, an eight-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl 50 MVP during his 10 seasons with the Broncos, will face his former team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Von is a unique player&#8230; [but] It\u2019s Von-esque,\u201d \u200b\u200bBroncos safety Justin Simmons said of Browning\u2019s dismissal.[Browning] has that corner and he has that athleticism to be able to put himself in the upper echelon of passers and what makes a lot of guys special in our league in terms of getting the ball from a rush rush standpoint.  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The Broncos placed him at inside linebacker with Miller and Bradley Chubb as the team&#8217;s leading rushers.<\/p>\n<p>Browning started nine games as a rookie, finishing fourth on the team in tackles.  But when the Broncos made a coaching change \u2014 Vic Fangio was fired and Nathaniel Hackett was hired \u2014 and Miller was traded to the Los Angeles Rams just before the 2021 trade deadline, then-coordinator Ejiro Evero defensive end, saw a different future for Browning.<\/p>\n<p>Browning was placed at outside linebacker and played almost immediately, playing in 14 games, starting eight and missing two last season.<\/p>\n<p>He finished with five sacks and often showed the power-speed-flexibility combination coveted at the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could see right away what he could do,\u201d Chubb said earlier this season.  \u201cThe little things, a shoulder dip here, a move there, the flexibility, it\u2019s like he\u2019s been doing it for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\"><cite>Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>But while Sean Payton and another coaching staff came in this year with their own plan to unleash Browning in the pass rush, he injured his knee during the Broncos&#8217; offseason program.<\/p>\n<p>He underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair the knee before minicamp, then injured his wrist while recovering.  He missed the Broncos&#8217; first six games before returning for the October 22 game against the Green Bay Packers and played 29 snaps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just trying to do my job to help us,\u201d Browning said.  &#8220;I said I&#8217;ve been out for the last few months&#8230; you&#8217;re part of the team, but it&#8217;s different when you&#8217;re injured, so at the moment it&#8217;s about do the things I need to do to help this group.<\/p>\n<p>But it was actually the Broncos&#8217; <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over the Chiefs on Oct. 29 that ended Denver&#8217;s 16-game losing streak against Kansas City, when Browning reintroduced himself to the intersection of a potential wideout and revolutionary production.  Browning, in his 36 snaps, sacked Mahomes twice, hit him three times and forced the fumble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy to have that type of impact like in your first real game,\u201d Simmons said.  \u201c&#8230;When you have a destructive play like that, late in the game, it helps us so much&#8230;with Baron coming back, it helps our pass rush and our pass coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Jamar Cain, a staffer who works with the smugglers, took note of Browning&#8217;s escalation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond the physicality, he has this drive,\u201d Cain said.  If you see him during the game, he&#8217;ll often have the helmet on after a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">series<\/a> and he&#8217;s talking to me, like &#8216;All right Cain, what did you see on that play, what did you see on that, how did you -you saw my rush\u201d, so he always makes an adjustment and that\u2019s how you succeed.  &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Since the Broncos traded outside linebacker Randy Gregory to San Francisco last month and released outside linebacker Frank Clark, Browning&#8217;s return will help a defense that needs to emerge from a first month of the season that saw it rank at or near the bottom of the ranking.  most categories.  Payton said Browning&#8217;s impact will also increase as he continues to find new ways to attack opposing linemen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a career standpoint, players under pressure are a lot like pitchers,\u201d Payton said.  &#8220;Usually when they come to our game, they only have one pitch, whether it&#8217;s speed or power. I think they need to develop the other pitch. I think that&#8217;s important &#8230;.I think it complements their game and a handful of shots become problematic for the guys blocking them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broncos linebacker Baron Browning draws Von Miller comparisons\u060c Jeff Legwold, ESPN senior writerNovember 11, 2023, 11:00 a.m. Close Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL on ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for over 20 years and joined ESPN in 2013. 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